Synodic month length 29.31 days

Length of current 313 lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 31 minutes. It is 2 minutes longer than next lunation 314 length.

Lunation length shorter than mean

Length of current synodic month is 5 hours and 13 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 56 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.

Lunar orbit position on 13 May 2025 Tuesday 12:00 UTC

True anomaly ∠2.3°

This New Moon true anomaly is ∠2.3°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠17.8°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).

Moon after apogee

2 days after point of apogee on 11 May 2025 at 00:49 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 12 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 26 May 2025 at 01:37 in ♉ Taurus.

Distance to Moon 403 183 km

Moon after descending node

5 days after its descending node on 7 May 2025 at 23:44 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 8 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 22 May 2025 at 08:05 in ♓ Pisces.

Draconic month

Moon before southern standstill

12 days after previous North standstill on 1 May 2025 at 06:35 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠28.573°. Next 2 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-28.484° in the next southern standstill on 15 May 2025 at 18:44 in ♐ Sagittarius.